Week Three
Today is Tuesday! I started mmy thrid week here in Spain only a little while ago, and things are going about as they were before: great. There are, of course, periodic spasms of terribleness, as was La Noche en Blanca.
The night actually started out really amazing. We saw a Portuguese (I think) circus that was absolutely mind blowing. It was almost all acrobatics, but the showmanship was really good, and the whole show was planend really well. Next we met up with our tutors to check out the Prado (sweet) and the botanical gardens (not sweet). At that point, it was about 1 AM. The idea behind La Noche En Blanca is to stay up all night. I spent the next four hours waiting in lines and walking between locations, ultimately winding up hungry and tired. Lessons: 1, I am a weenie, and 2, a little more planning is required to coordinate large groups of people. In the future, I will be prepared.
We´re heading out to Toledo this upcoming weekend, and I am very excited. The city is apparently very touristy, but also incredibly beautiful. I intend to fill my camera while I am there, and hopefully capture some of the architecture and paintings. I will also try to buy some tourist crap for my friends and family.
Humberto gave us a reading this week that was possibly the best work I´ve ever read. The story is called Doña Berta, by Clarín. I suggest you all go out and read something by Galdín because he has absolutely blown my mind.
Also, I´ve been having a lot of trouble getting photos to mount. I´ll try to get the photos to work, and I may try something like flickr, but for the moment you´ll have to wait. I may also utilize e-mail, who knows.
Sean OUT
The night actually started out really amazing. We saw a Portuguese (I think) circus that was absolutely mind blowing. It was almost all acrobatics, but the showmanship was really good, and the whole show was planend really well. Next we met up with our tutors to check out the Prado (sweet) and the botanical gardens (not sweet). At that point, it was about 1 AM. The idea behind La Noche En Blanca is to stay up all night. I spent the next four hours waiting in lines and walking between locations, ultimately winding up hungry and tired. Lessons: 1, I am a weenie, and 2, a little more planning is required to coordinate large groups of people. In the future, I will be prepared.
We´re heading out to Toledo this upcoming weekend, and I am very excited. The city is apparently very touristy, but also incredibly beautiful. I intend to fill my camera while I am there, and hopefully capture some of the architecture and paintings. I will also try to buy some tourist crap for my friends and family.
Humberto gave us a reading this week that was possibly the best work I´ve ever read. The story is called Doña Berta, by Clarín. I suggest you all go out and read something by Galdín because he has absolutely blown my mind.
Also, I´ve been having a lot of trouble getting photos to mount. I´ll try to get the photos to work, and I may try something like flickr, but for the moment you´ll have to wait. I may also utilize e-mail, who knows.
Sean OUT
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